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To recognize and commend Lisa Clark for her many years of service to the Hilltop community and Westgate area.
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WHEREAS, Ms. Clark has been an active member of the Hilltop community and Westgate area for over a decade, leading or participating in the neighborhood's major civic organizations and dedicating her time to strengthen the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, she has served as president of the Friends of Westgate Park, an organization dedicated to the effort to beautify and improve this West Side green space, as she also helped lead the charge to bring neighbors together for gardening and park beautification; and
WHEREAS, she has served on the Greater Hilltop Area Commission, as well as on the board of Friends of the Hilltop, where she was an advocate for the Hilltop area and frequent liaison to the administration of the City of Columbus, encouraging reinvestment and contributing to resurgence in her community; and
WHEREAS, she has also been dedicated to the youth of her community and to making her neighborhood safe, serving as a board member of the J. Ashburn, Jr. Youth Center, as well as acting as the coordinator for the Camp Chase Blockwatch for nine years and furthering this effort by writing a regular column for The Columbus Messenger titled "The Blockwatch Beat"; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council hereby recognizes and commends Lisa Clark for her contributions to the Hilltop community and Westgate area, and for her time and effort spent making her neighborhood a better place to live for all those who reside there.